CURRINGTON v. BLACK HAWK COUNTY

No. 54297.

184 N.W.2d 675 (1971)

Larry CURRINGTON, by Dorothy Sanford, his mother and next friend, Appellant, v. BLACK HAWK COUNTY, Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 11, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulton, Frerichs, Nutting & Kennedy, Waterloo, for appellant.

Swisher & Cohrt, Waterloo, for appellee.


LeGRAND, Justice.

Plaintiff, six years of age, sued for personal injuries sustained while he was playing on property to which Black Hawk County held a tax sale certificate but for which a treasurer's tax deed had not yet issued. Defendant county filed a motion to dismiss the petition, relying upon the doctrine a tax sale purchase acquires no title in or right to the property until a deed is executed, delivered, and recorded pursuant to section 448.1 and 448.3, The...

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